InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Payer / Payment instructions › direct debit mandate” · UBL-CR-439

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML element cac:PayerParty in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for payer under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerParty.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cac:PayerParty at this location. If you need the information, first check where the selected profile expects it.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cac:PaymentMeans/cac:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerParty returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-439 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged payer under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cac:PayerParty under “payment instructions › direct debit mandate”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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